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03853

ZIP 03853 is Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, in Carroll County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carroll
Metro area
none
Population
656
Coordinates
43.6386, -71.2944
☼ Live from 03853 — Mirror Lake, NH

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Where 03853 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03853
  • 🔢 Type 03853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 03853 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03852 (Milton Mills, NH, 18 mi away) and 03854 (New Castle, NH, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03853 becomes 35830, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03583, 03835, 05833, 08353, 08533, 30358, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85033 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,293 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,425 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03853 and you would come out at 43.64°S, 108.71°E — 896 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
  • 📏 At 8.6 square miles of land, 03853 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population656This ZIP656
Households326This ZIP326
Housing units1,352This ZIP1,352
Median age67.5This ZIP67.5New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$103,900This ZIP$103,900New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$572,300This ZIP$572,300New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,363This ZIP$1,363New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher49.1%This ZIP49.1%
Mean commute37.0 minThis ZIP37.0 min
Population density76.0 / sq miThis ZIP76.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees52This ZIP52
Annual payroll$3,567,000This ZIP$3,567,000
Tax returns filed380This ZIP380
Total adjusted gross income$74,449,000This ZIP$74,449,000

Land area

Land area8.63 sq miThis ZIP8.63 sq mi
Water area7.69 sq miThis ZIP7.69 sq mi

Other place names in 03853

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ZIP codes near 03853

ZIPCityDistance
03850 Melvin Village, NH 4.1 mi
03816 Center Tuftonboro, NH 4.9 mi
03896 Wolfeboro Falls, NH 5.1 mi
03894 Wolfeboro, NH 6.1 mi
03254 Moultonborough, NH 6.5 mi
03247 Laconia, NH 8.3 mi
03810 Alton Bay, NH 8.7 mi
03249 Gilford, NH 9.2 mi
03864 Ossipee, NH 10.2 mi
03253 Meredith, NH 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03853?

03853 is in Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, in Carroll County. Its published point location is 43.6386, -71.2944.

What county is 03853 in?

03853 lies in Carroll County.

What area code is 03853?

Mirror Lake uses area code 603, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 03853 in?

03853 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03853?

About 656 people live in ZIP code 03853, in 326 households, at 76.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 03853?

$103,900 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03853?

The closest are 03850 (4.1 mi), 03816 (4.9 mi), 03896 (5.1 mi), 03894 (6.1 mi) and 03254 (6.5 mi).

Is 03853 a PO Box ZIP code?

03853 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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